The Dark Mail Alliance is an organization dedicated to creating an
email protocol and architecture with
end-to-end encryption.
In October 2013,
Silent Circle
Silent Circle is a German Eurodisco band formed in West Germany in 1985. The band consists of vocalist Martin Tychsen (Jo Jo Tyson), keyboardist & composer Axel Breitung, and drummer Jürgen Behrens (CC Behrens).
History
Silent Circle first ...
and
Lavabit
Lavabit is an open-source encrypted webmail service, founded in 2004. The service suspended its operations on August 8, 2013 after the U.S. Federal Government ordered it to turn over its Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) private keys, in order to al ...
announced a project to create a more secure alternative to email and began a fundraising effort. The Dark Mail Alliance team consists of
Phil Zimmermann,
Jon Callas, Mike Janke, and
Ladar Levison
Lavabit is an open-source encrypted webmail service, founded in 2004. The service suspended its operations on August 8, 2013 after the U.S. Federal Government ordered it to turn over its Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) private keys, in order to allo ...
.
DIME
Dark Internet Mail Environment (DIME) aims to be a secure communication platform for asynchronous messaging across the Internet. It was presented by Ladar Levison and
Stephen Watt at
DEF CON
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on August 8, 2014.
Specifications
There have been multiple revisions for DIME specifications. The latest revision is presented as a preliminary draft.
* First public revision, December 2014
* Preliminary draft, March 2015
Protocols
* Dark Mail Transfer Protocol (DMTP)
* Dark Mail Access Protocol (DMAP)
Data formats
* Signet
Data Format
* Message Data Format (
D/
MIME)
Implementations
Server-side
Magma is the reference MIME server implementation. It supports server side encryption,
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP),
Post Office Protocol (POP),
Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) and
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).
Client-side
Volcano, a
Thunderbird fork with DIME support.
See also
*
Email encryption
*
Email privacy
*
Kolab Now
*
Pretty Good Privacy
*
pretty Easy privacy
References
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External links
Dark Mail Alliance web site
Email
Privacy of telecommunications
Internet privacy organizations
Computer security organizations
2013 establishments